Originally Posted by
FLY6584
It will be a complaint regarding the way they handled this entire situation and released information that was incorrect that people were supposed to use to make life/career decisions. I gave up time with my family over the holidays just before I left on a deployment to go talk to Guard/Reserve units and get the ball rolling with them. Just think of all the guys that bought plane tickets and hotels to go interview with Guard/Reserve units after AFPC published overages and numbers for given year groups and made it clear those people were eligible for the RIF and would be eligible to VSP. Luckily my Commander has been nothing, but supportive throughout this entire situation and I believe he will not hold this against me, but not all Commanders feel that way and no organization in the Air Force should be allowed to run like this. They need to be held accountable for their actions. Lord knows if I ran my crew and my jet the way AFPC runs things I would be at least looking at a Q3 if not an FEB or even worse a loss of life. Nothing may come of it and I'm not trying to burn any bridges, but I still feel something needs to be said and these clowns need to be held accountable for their buffonery. /Rant off
Good solid rant. How much time left on your ADSC? You can tell them my separation was approved with 8.5 years remaining on my ADSC, including 1.5 years left on my USAFA commitment. I traded that for a 6 year commitment to the reserves. Of course that was back in 2005 when nobody was hiring. The AF is now going to see all their pilots rush off to the airlines, and at least they have the foresight to want to keep their pilots to avoid another huge shortage.
They were wrong, however, to open up VSP then re-neg on it. That was "putting the cart before the horse" or whatever. The good news is youre sitting comfortably in a 100-150K a year job (give or take) while you wait for your separation date to walk right into an airline job. Yes youll lose a few hundred to a thousand seniority numbers with a major, but when you put it in perspective, youre still ok.